Canada’s women’s hockey squad got off to a winning start at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
Canada, the defending Olympic champs, beat Switzerland 4-0 Saturday in a one-sided affair that saw them outshoot the Swiss side 55-6. The Canadians led just 1-0 after two periods.
Natalie Spooner, Julia Gosling, Sarah Fillier and Daryl Watts scored for Canada. Emerance Maschmeyer picked up the shutout in goal.
GOOOAL!
Spooner scores the first Team Canada women’s hockey goal of Milano Cortina 2026!!
Photo by Leah Hennel/COC pic.twitter.com/uNotJh3pHK
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 7, 2026
Saskia Maurer was heroic in the Swiss net, making 51 stops.
Spooner opened the scoring on a power play in the second period, when her shot eluded Maurer.
Gosling and Fillier added power-play tallies early in the third and Watts fired home a Sarah Nurse pass with 3:16 to play to round out the scoring.
Canada next plays Czechia on Monday (12:10 p.m. PST).